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I Engineer Speaks To Auto Drivers follow*!** itt twket> front the tive Kngineera Journal for , It is a radio address given jueer K. 0. Brown, who pulls snd passenger trains over the ft* Sl Ohio railroad between u? and Parkeraburg, Weet Viru*{ the advtice he gives is ' ' announcer has been- kind to grant me permission to something about safety, at crossings, (from an engineer's ! view. Just put yOurseif in e, sitting on the right side of of a fast moving locomotive, % t raireload of precious human made up of men, women and ildren. t to tell you how an engineer out accidents at railroad ?. e tell you a little -story to ilniy point: fine Sunday afternoon. iThe mnily went to church ,411 the they have had dinner, and Smith is out in the garage the automobile ready for a he country. Of course, Mrs. ind all of the kittle Smith's along. Dad always takes d besides, he is proud of his span new car, and is very P> try it out with the family enjoy the ride. -?y II So they start ou'., and it isn't very ong until Dad in stopping on the gas and they are traveling down the "MKi at a good clip J^ou ?<*/ Dad was something of au athlete a few yoeia ak?? rftn on the track team, and now he ftkes to see what an ' automobile will do in the way gi ?pe?d, when he gets l?ehind the steering wheel of his car, on a Sunday afternoon. Nothing has ever lkap]>oncd yet," he leaosns, ami 1 know how to get speed out of any old bus." Mr3. Smith doesn't like to go fuel, but she knows her husband Iwtes "back seat drivers," ami so she keeps quiet, or as quiet as .she can. Dad hite it up as they drive down a straight stretch of road. He sees' plainly there are some railroad tracks ! in the distance, that tlhey ure pro-j tooted by some warning devices, but that doesn't slow him up in thl? least. | There is a train approaching and Smith sees that if he beats the train over, it will be "pretty close," but his new car is pretty fast, he has plenty of nerve, and he thinks can make it, sd here goes! For the moment, he hasn't a thought for the little Smiths, Mrs. Smith, or his own safety, and he's the bread winner of the family, too. ILis thought is that he can l>eat th*i train over and save a few minutes' delay, while waiting for the train to pass. He doesn't think of his responsibility to his family, himself, or possibly the passengers and crew on the train itself. Hold on, Mr. Smith, take your time, the speed of the train , is hard to judge, and the time saved is not worth the risk you take. On this occasion, the automobile does beat the train over the crossing, ( but OH, by what a narrow margin! The engine is almost brushing the j rear wheels of his machine as he i goes over. Mrs. Smith lets out a, terrified scream, as she glances back and sees the train rush by a few | yards behind her. The children! think it's great sport and get quite a thrill over it. Yes, Mr. Smith and family escape accidemt and possible death, that time, but the next time, maybe they won't be so lucky. People who take chances at railroad crossings in trying to beat the trains over, sooner or. later get into trouble and often suffer terribly for their neglect. Did you ever stop to think what goes on in the cab of the engine about the time some one trie? to heat the train across like (the Smiths did? Almost every day, we have close calls like that, and it surely puts the gTay hairs in my head and my fireman's, to see the chances some people take. I'm approaching a crossing running on schedule time, and this means about 50 or 55 miles an hour, as you know we have to make the time, get you to your destination, and bring the mail in on time. I'm watching closely and so is my fireman, because we can't tell what's going to happen at any crossing. I pull the whistle, two longs and two shorts, and start my- automaticbell ringer to working. I'm not taking any chances, and besides, those are my instructions. I see an automobile approaching fraflT^smy side. Wall he stop and wait, or will he take a chance and try to make it? It s too late for me to do much of anything when he makes up his mind to "takjs a chance." Over he goes, right in front of me, and I don't know if I got him or not.^ I holler oyer to my fireman, "Did we get him?" The fireman shakes his head with a scared lootyp*? then makes signs to me in the\noise of the engine cab, and the driver is! looking hack and laughing. Maybe I have "big holed" my engine, which means applying the brakes in emergency, in trying to keep from hitting him. This might cause a bad accident and wreck the train, trying to stop this way. but what else can we do? We can't stop at every c rossing and wait for the automo-1 biles to cross, and we have to run on two rails. We can't go aroun 1 him. May he we got someone on the fireman's side. 1 never fee', a jar. only see the wreckage flying along, the track. Maybe they strike the j side of the engine or train. W e ha\e that happen right along. Some people don't seem to think about their , danger, or the safety of their lo\ed ones riding with them. Railroad crossings are not so numerous that a stop of a minute or two at each one encountered on an afternoon's drive would make very much j difference in the mileage covered, or the *time of arrival at your destination, and tne little time gained, if ' you go over cro?sing^ without slowing down, iurely is not worth the risk to a man wbq is out for a pleasure drive. I can imagine no emergency that would prompt a driver to take such a chance, unless it would be fugitive from justice who knew that his life would he forfeited if ho was caught by officers of the law, who were in rlof* pursuit; and even In that oaae, if he cornea U> grief on the Groaning and cheats the electric olutir, the shock to the engineer and fireman is still there, and the possibilities of the tiaiii being wrecked, with fatal! <?r seriuos injuries to passengers and i employes, is always in our nvinds. I>o you wonder that we get gray hairs? My friends, I just want you to think these things over, and be careful when you drivo a machine over railroad tracks. There is #o danger, if you are careful. It will be u long time before all railroad crossings are eliminated, because they are building them over our tracks faster tihan we can'do away with them, and that is not our fault. Why am I interested in this matter? Well, I'll tell you. I'm an engineer and often come face to face with just such narrow escapes as I have described to you. You only hear al>out the accidents that kill und injure people, and they tell you about It in the paj>er. They don't say anything about the kiiwi that "just miss," or "just barely make it." We have to worry about all of them. You'M see me on the right side of my engine cab, ^watching for danger, and , thinking about your safety and the | safetymy passengers and crew. J^don't fcttow what might happen, if some one takes a chance and tries to l>eat my train over the crossing. We always whistle for every crossing, and give you plenty of warning with whistle and bell. Kvery engineer who is worth his salt wants to play safe, he wouldn't hurt a kitten if he Could avoid it, and is more than willnig to do all in his power to avoid accidents. rl Most of the automobile drivers observe every precaution at rajlroad crossings, others don't, and I want to tell you, my friends, that you put a big burden on railroad engineers when you take chances, or don't use your best judgment when you are approaching railroad crossings. We have your safety in mind and the safety of hundreds of people who ride on our trains. Automobile accidents at railroad crossings, have been known to wreck the entire train and kill a lot of people riding on the train. Just put yourself in my place in the engine cab. I trained for this job and put in long, hard years of work to be able to climb up on the night side of an engine, and pull a passenger train. In the opinion of the offciials, I am proficient at this 1 kind of a job. If I wasn't, they wouldn't keep me for a minute. They don'it just put me on an engine end tell me to "run Iher." Nope, nothing like that. We are advanced on our jobs and we learn that we must have ability and skill and we must learn to do things clearly and quickly. Did you know that the records of 50 passenger engineers on the Baltiinore and?Ohio?railroad?show" that from the time they started to work ai\ a fireman, it took an average of i l7 years before they were promoted to run a passenger train regularly? And do you know that it only takes an average of about 17 minutes to learn to drive a high-powered automobile, that can do just as much damage as a locomotive ? Just think that over, and give a thought to the ! engineer and fireman, who watch the track ahead of their engine and hope for a safe run. There are only a few things that an engineer can do when accidents threaten at crossings. 'We can and do whistle for (the crossings*, we watch closely for approaching automobiles, and we are prepared to use our brakes instantly and slow down as quickly as possible. But a heavy train can't be stopped at once, and I guess you know that. Be sure to use your brakes when you come to a railroad crossing and be sure they are OK for use. Now, my friends, just a word about j the state of Ohio, bast year, Ohio j | had 224 persons killed at railroad ^ crossings, the largest number, I am sorry to say, of any state in the ] Union. More than 200 lives snuffed j ' out, all for a little lack of care. J | Human life is worth about everything to us, and I bee of you to j use good, sound judgment when ap- j proaching railroad tracks, heed the warning" signs, the crossing watchmen with their stop signs, the flash light signals, the flash red when a train is approaching, and the whistle and bell of the, engineer. Remember, I may be in the engine cab, whistling for your safety. Don't be impatient at small delays. Your life and the lives of your loved ones are worth more than all the time in the world. And rjght here, let me give you a little warning. Where there is more than one track, don't atempt to cross over immediately after a train has passed. Wait until you are sure , tnere is nothing coming in the opposite direction that might be hid den from your sight by the train which has just passed. In conclusion, this friendly warning and word of caution is given"to everybody who crosses over railroad tracks on foot or in machines. Tt comes from mysekf and my brother engineers: ? Remember the slogan, SAFETY FIRST, STOP?t<OOK?and USTEN. ^ 0R, CARL'S DISCOVERY STOPS GAS, CONSTIPATION In'his private practice, Dr. Carl Weschcke first perfected the simple abcture m<w known as Adlorika. Untie ost remedies, Adlerika acts on JOTU upjht and lower bowel and rejjoves /'Id ])oisons you would never believe were in your system. Stops OAS bloating in 10 minutes! Reives chronic constipation in t\\;o bmn! Ia?t Adlerika give your stomlAind bowels a REAL cleaning aiw how good you feel! It will fffke you!?W. R. Zemp, Drugpftnmden, S. C. # flat Mrs. Brenninger of N.Y. "*Says About Rat Poison. Tried preparations that kill rats, bit RAT-SNaP is the only one that wvents disagreeable odors after filing. Also like RAT-SNAP because It comes in handy cakes, no mifcing ritb other food. You don't have to tirty your hands, it's the best for household use." Try RAT-SNAP. Ihrte sizes, 36c, 66c, $1.26. Sold and guaranteed by Zemp DePaas, Druggists, Camden, S. C., and Bethufle Hardware Co., Bethune, S. C. ^mmmrnrnrnrn IO-KORN AND. CALLOUSES [en And For Sale Ify irmacy?Phone 95 EXAMINED lasses Fitted FER COMPANY nd Optometrists i slartod taking Blacklree years ago, my /ery had," writes Mrs. >n, 945 Concord St., Texas. "I suffered from constipation. I j he when I got up in T. a*>d I felt dull and hardly nte a meal od agreed witli mo. 1 I would have gas on I | i'jout Blnck-Draught, u :t nugnt help me. ti.'vcn it a little while, i better. It relieves \ I keep it on hand ueed a laxative I will \ the three years I a king it, I have never i ng Q3 good for con4Ught 'QK.Btmutfor ? aro run-down, ne^ouTl fry month, nhould take! I _=uM for ovcr 50 veara. I ! ~a???I Three Youths Drown; Car Goes in Lake | Hickory, N. C., Nov. 2.?Three < utawla county youths were drowned late last night when their automobile |>lui>gt*l down a steep embankment into the frigid waters of lake Hickory near here.' A fourth escaped when he swam to shore. The dead; Cecil Killiun, 18, ami Ralph Lillian, '40, sons of James Killiun, Catawba county farmer, and Ralph Bumgarner, 20, a son of Allen Bumgarner. John Brinkley, 21, the fourtih man in th? automobile, managed to free hinyCelf from the submerged car and swim to safety. Brinkley, in a critical condition due to exposure to cold when found by rescuers, was unable to jfive a coherent account of what occurred. Persons at Rock Point inn, a roadh >use near the lake, heard Brinkley's cries and gave the alarm. The four young men had been .at the inn during the night ami evidently were on their way home when the tragedy occurred. Their automobile is believed to have run down the embankment when it was being turned around. The bodies of the Killian brothers were found in the machine. It had turned over ami was resting on its 1?>I> in about ten feet of water, t, Bunigarner's body was recovered mar the middle of the lake, lie is believed to have tried to swim to the opposite bank of the lake ami was o\ crcome. 1'he deaths mark the second triple tragedy in Lake Hickory in a little more than a year. In September, r.'2'.i, B. B. Hall and W. S. Robinson, of Hickory, and M. W. Veach of Statcsville lost their lives when their boat capsized at a point several hun died vurds below the spot where the three boys perished. Last winter another tragedy- occurred at the lake. Luther Turner and his sweetheart, Elsie Poovey of Hickory, met tragic deaths when the youth was alleged to have driven his car into the lake when the girl declined to marry him. Iveon M. Allison lhas resigned as cashier of the Bank of Hickory Grove to matriculate m the Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West. He was elected cashier of the bank about eleven years ago to succeed Mr. N. M. McDill, now vice-president of the National, Exchange Bank in Chester, who resigned to accept a position with the Palmetto National Bank, Columbia. Jolhn H. Hood has been elected to succeed Mr. Allison as cashier. H. E. Jackson, 25, alleged embezzler of $72,000 from the first National Bank of Laurel, Miss., was arrested at a .fashionable hotel in Holly- I wood, Calif., Wednesday. He was placed in the city jail where he was booked on the charge made in a fugitive warrant telegraphed from Mississippi. Possum .on Subscription All sorts of things happen in a country newspaper office. As already stated, the edi-fefr of The Calhoun Times knows practically nothing about the Subscription, department. The little knowledge he has always develops along peculiar lines. The Times recently carried a notice that, in order to help these "hard times," useable and eatable products from the farm would be taken, in a reasonable way, on subscriptions. Last Thursday morning an old farmer from the Beaver Creek section, complaining of a terrible ailment as a result of short crops and 10-cent cotton but an ardent reader of the Times, hove into the editor's office with a four-pound possum for a renewal. Only one bait a season o? this marsupial is ever indulged or desired, so the "horny-hand son" was referred from the "Sanctum Sanctorium" to the "printer devils" in the hack. Not one could eat a "possum*' at the price, so back it came. The promise had gone forth for an exchange with the farmers. There was no time to split hairs or sling technicalities as to a possum being legitimate farm produce. The trade was made, the cook ordered the taters, and friends were invited to the feast. A light vein of humor, and some "milk of human kindness in the i soul, help to make tho old world bright, and tempt us to remain on deck until pushed off.?Calhoun Times. ^?. Our Trip ,to Clentson College (By Stall J. West) On Momlay morning, September 2tKh, Mr. Giwii, our county agent, six 4-|I club boys ami I started to Clomson college to attend the staU judging contest. We stopped to see Governor Richards. lie took a vase and asked us to show him how to milk u cow. W? showed him; he said it was right, that he had milked u cow many times. i About one o'clock we. stopped at a filling station and ate our lunch and bought some cold drinks. As we wynt along the highway, 1 saw a tomb made out of granite and it had a 4o?' and lock. We also saw a granite (ptarry. We passed through Columbia, Little Mountain, Goldvillo, Clinton, Laurens, Owing, Simpsonville. Greenville, 'Central ami then on to Cleiuson College. Soon after our arrival all enjoyed a swim in the beautiful swimming pool at the V. M. C. A. Then we bad supper jmd went to the picture show and tluln to. bod. The beds were double decke<l ami Lee und 1 slept together. That night we saw a boy from Hru'/jl, who Oould not speak Knglish very well. I Us name was hard to pronounce. He showed us a paper' from South America. One boy took us up to his room. We shu the boy making freshmeat stoop over ami tomb their shoe strings am! they would hit them with a broom. The next morning after breakfast, we. played basket-ball on an indoor court. Then we went out to the ! college farm ami saw cotton, corn, beans, peas and grass. Then, we went to the dairy farm to judge the | cows. They judged two rings of '.Jersey cows, a|i?l then we went to the hog farm ami judged some hogs. We left Clem son about five o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Just before we got to Greenville we gave out of gas and a man came along and pushed us to a filling station. We waited j to eat supper at the filling station, where we had eaten dinner Monday but when we got there it was closed up for the night, so we wont on to Columbia for supper. It was after eleven o'clock when we arrived in Camden. We spent the night with Mr. Green and ta brought Lee and myself home Wednesday morning. We are due our kind, thoughtful and efficient agent, Mr. Green, many thanks for this trip which was educational and enjoyed by each one of us. CITATION. The State of South Carolina, <V>unty of Kortdvaw, By VV. I.. McDowell, Esquire, Probate Judge. Where** J. D. Pitt? ami J. R. Pitts made suit to me to gi ant them I aliens of Administration of the Estate of ami effects of W. T. Pitta. These uiv, therefore, to cite ami admonish all and singular the kindred ami creditor* of the .said VV. T. Pitta, deceusHxi, that they bo and uplH'ar before me, in the Court of Probate, to 1 h> held at Qunuien, South Canoli rut, on Thursday, Novoinher 13th, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any theyhave, why the said Administration khould not be granted. triveu under my hand this 30th day of October Anno Domini 1030. VV. I,. MoDOWELL, . .Judge of Probate for Kershaw County. Published on the .'list day of October ami tin.- 7th day of November, ,1030, in the Camden Chronicle, and posted at the Court House lX>or for the t'ime proscribed by law. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF State of South Carolina County of Kershaw Court of Common Pleas Cabriel llakcr, Abnor linker, Mackey linker, Morgan Baker, Marie linker. Edith llonington, I>orot<hy Mouse, Alma Buyer, Maggie Keels, Mae Webb. Clarence Bradley, Arthur Bradley, Oscar Bradley, Bernice Met ask ill and Ballon Bradley, Plaintiffs, ugainxt. A. C. Baker, Mrs. VV. It Outlaw, Mrs, VV. \V. Sinclair, Mrs. (J. (J. Ckoff, Mrs. VV. L. Goff, Willis M. Baker, Inez Copeland, Thurman Copelund, Donald Copeland, Agnes Copelund, Maggie Baker, Wood row Baker, I Huram linker, Ruth Baker, Ozella i Bradley, Clifton Cloff, Kiln Cioff, i Cabriel Col'f, Leonard Cloff and Mary K. Bukor, Defendants. To the Defendants above named: I You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said comI plaint on the subscriber at his office in Bishopville, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; und if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this -action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated October 23, A. D. 1030. 7' C. B. RUFFIN, > and 1 M. M. LEVY, L Plaintiff's Attorneys To Willis M. Baker, an absent defendant who can not be found: Take notice that the complaint and summons, of which the above is a true copy, were filed in the office of the Clerk of Oourt on the 26th day of October, 1980, and are now on file in said .office. C. B. RUFFIN, - and M. M. LEVY, .i Attorney* for Plaintiffs. FOR CLEANING PORCELAIN OR ENAMEL BAB-0 2 -* 25c B+?R WASHING POWDERS 3 - 10c I 1)1 mmm+mrnmmm ' im \i i Hull mi,| HAPPYVALE PINK SALMON ' 1 lie CALIF. 8ANTA CLARA PRUNES 4 - 25c CAM WELL'S TOMATO SOUP 3 23c OUR MOTHER'S COCOA 21c FULL PACK?RED RITE TOMATOES 3 ~ 25c FANCY WHOLE GRAIN RICE 5c DEL MONTE EARLY GARDEN r PEAS 15c AMERICAN SWEET MIXED PICKLES 25c ROGERS 100% PURE 8ANTOS COFFEE 25c * _* * \ ' . , . ^